The Bellator MMA and Sengoku veteran admitted to making a mistake
in a post on his Instagram account Tuesday, but does not mention
fiancée Tayssa Wuenchse directly. According to multiple reports,
Sandro allegedly choked Wuensche unconscious in the middle of the
street at the San Salvador Square in Rio de Janeiro in December and
hit her multiple times after she regained consciousness.

“I know I had my moment of mistake, I’m working on getting better
and being a new man,” Sando wrote [translation via
MMAFighting.com] “I quit drinking, that was one of the things
that made me lose my temper. Every person has his belief and I
don’t criticize them, every one searches for your spiritual
balance, and mine is church. I live in the (favela), I could be in
crime doing drugs, but it’s the opposite, I want to be a better
human being.

“I know I can be better than I was. Want to judge me, fine, I
accept all judgements,” he continued. “But what do you prefer? That
I give myself up to drugs? Or that I try to fix what I did wrong?
What would you do if you were in my position? Justice is being done
in court. I only ask this chance to all promotions.”

A video also accompanies the post in which Sandro says he is
unemployed and needs the opportunity to fight. The 40-year-old was
kicked off the Nova Uniao team following news of the attack. Sandro
is a veteran of 37 professional fights. He last competed at Shooto
“Brazil 74” on Aug. 27, when he submitted
Diego Arturo Huerto Jauregui in the opening stanza.